I awoke early this morning thinking about management quizzes. So, I hopped out of bed, fed the cats (always first in this house), put the coffee on, and wrote the final quiz. That course is done, at least the work portion as I sill have to return and read a few responses posted by fellow students. I also did the final edit and submitted my final essay for the cataloging course. All that remains undone for this semester is the final exam for the research course and I have hopes that I will be able to write that soon. I am very relieved to have the majority of the course work completed. Only one more year of school left!!

It is a windy morning. I was hoping to sit outside, but the wind is to wicked to permit comfortable lazing about sipping coffee. I think this would be a great morning to have a nice shelter of some kind that blocked the wind but let me sit outside enjoying the noisy birds. With the final submission of my stuffs for school, I no longer have any excuses to avoid cleaning the house. Barb arrives in two days (can't count today as it is here already, probably shouldn't count Saturday as she will be here, so really only one day!!). There is not much left to do, it just requires doing.

The long range weather forecast looks decent for Barb's visit and my wedding. Highs in the high 70's and low 80's with lots of sun and little rain. I am getting very excited to see her again, it has been a long time.

Three years in fact. I arrived in Chapel Hill three years ago come Friday. So, it has been exactly three years since I said good bye to Barb today! A lot of things have changed in those three years, most of them good things. Those years have went by so fast!

This spring, in a fit of eager gardening, I chopped a rose bush in front of the front window down to about a foot and a half high. This morning it must exceed 6 feet in height. I wonder how it would look if there were a trellis for it to cling to...Because I whacked it down, I doubt there will be any roses this year, and given its growth pattern, probably none next either.

One of these mornings, when the wind is not so fierce, I am going to slip out and take some close up photos of flowers and such in our yard. Now that I am not totally busy with school work I have time to play a bit.